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Judging obscenity : a critical history of expert evidence / Christopher Nowlin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nowlin, Christopher J. (Christopher Jon), 1964-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Evidence, Expert.
- Obscenity (Law)--Canada.
- Obscenity (Law).
- Obscenity (Law)--United States.
- Pornography--Law and legislation.
- United States.
- Pornography--Law and legislation--Canada.
- Pornography.
- Pornography--Law and legislation--United States.
- Canada.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 285 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2003]
- Contents:
- 1 The Constitutional Backdrop for Reviewing Expert Opinions about Pornography 3
- 2 Progressivism and Legislative Facts in the Shaping of Public Policy 25
- 3 Experts and Obscenity Law: American Rules and Innovations (1884-1990) 47
- 4 Experts and Obscenity Law: Canadian Rules and Derivations (1942-2000) 85
- 5 From Sadomasochism to Child Pornography: Experts Narrow Their Focus While Canadian Courts Broaden Their Horizons 133
- 6 Indecency Law: Microscopic and Macroscopic Views of the Female Breast and Lap-Dancing in the Dark 210.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0773525181
- 0773525386
- OCLC:
- 51042732
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